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N0. 312.517. PatentedIeb. 17.11885.

` l Ijzvez/yaze UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GASPAR SCHOCH, OF TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA.

REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 312,517, dated February 17, 1885.

Application filed July 19, 1584. (No model.)` y

greater or less number of rein-strands, as the' case may be.

To this end my invention consistsin a casing having lugs by which it may be secured to any convenient part of the wagon, said casu ing containing a clamping-jaw having its rear end adjustable upward and downward by means of a set-screw, and a cam-shaft underlying said jaw and having bearing upon the Linder side, whereby the latter may, by the partial revolution of said shaft, be raised or lowered, a slot being cut horizontally inA the end fof the casing for the insertion of the reins above the clamping-jaw, and between it and the top of said casing, which serves as the stationary jaw of the holder.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this application, Figure l is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations showing modified forms ofthe fastening devices by which the rein-holder is attached to the wagon.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral l indicates a metallic casing having a horizontal slot, 2, of suitable width, `cut from one end near the top, about half-way the length of the casing. Within the lower part of the latter, and beneath the plane of the slot 2, is in.- serted a clamping block or jaw, 3, of such size as to fill the cavity within the casing, and at the same time permit free movement of the same. This jaw is corrugated upon its upper surface and rests upon a camshaft, 4, journaled in the side walls of the casing, and having a lever, 5, upon one end by which it may be rotated. Behind this "cam-shaft, and tapped through the top of the casing 1, is a set-screw, 6, having its reduced end passing down into a cavity in the jaw and serving to center said jaw in the casing, thelowerscrewthread bearing upon the surface ofthe clamping-jaw. In front of said cam-shaft is placed a spring, 7, bearing against the jawand the roof of the casing, by which thejaw is normally thrown open to admit the reins within the slot 2. By the adjustment of the set-screw 6 the rear end of the jaw may be raised or depressed, and its contiguity to the upper clamping-jaw, 8, at each action of the cam shaft 4 regulated to suit the requirements of each case.

rlhe clamping-surface of the upper or stationary jaw, 8, may be corrugated, if desired.

The casing 1 is provided with end and side lugs, 9, by which it may be fastened to any convenient part of the wagon.

By a slight adjustment of the set-screw 6 the throw of the clamping-jaw 3 may be so adjusted as to admit and' firmly hold reins of different degrees of thickness, and to accommodate, also, a number of rein-strands-as, for example, where four or six horses are driven.

Insteadof having the holding-lugs 9 extend horizontally from the casing l, I may form two lugs, 10, depending vertically from one side, inhcombination with end lugs, 11, which latter receive screws passing into the edge of the dash, or of the seat, as the case may be; or I may combine with the lugs 10 two horizontally extending lugs, 12, which extend 4from the. body of the casing l, just beneath the slot 2.A This permits the device to be set Alower than in the other forms shown, screws passing through the lugs 12 into the edge of the dash, seat, or other part, while bolts pass through the lugs 10 and through the vertical wall of that portion of the wagon to which the rein-holder is attached.

It will be seen that by my invention the number of working parts in the device is reduced to a minimum. The lower clampingjaw is not pivoted, but simply rests upon the cam-shaft, and the entire structure is not only extremely strong and efficient in operation, but is comparatively inexpensive, certain in action, capable of adaptation to all possible requirements, and adapted to be applied to any convenient part of the vehicle.

It is evident that, if desired, the spring 7 may be placed above the rear, or beneath the forward, end of the clamping-jaw, in which position it may draw the jaw down and ac- ICO eoxnplish the same function that it performs in the position in which it is shown in Fig. l. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 5 l. A rein-holder consisting of a lower Clamping-j aw laid within a easing, and resting upon a camshaft by which it is raised and lowered, a set-screw bearing upon the end of said jaw behind the Cam-shaft, and a spring 1o interposed between it and the upper or stationary jaw in front of the cam-shaft, the easing being slotted at one end just above the clamping-jaw to permit the insertion of the reins, and the upper part of the easing serving l5 as theY stationary jaw, substantially as described.

2. ln a rein-holder7 the combination, with a clamping-jaw resting upon a cam-shaft, ofa set-screw bearing` upon the end of said jaw 2o behind the cani, substantially as described.

3. In a rein-holder, the combination, with a slotted Casing the upper portion of which forms the stationary jaw, of a clamping-jaw laid in said easing, and resting upon a eamshaft having bearings in the side walls of said 25 easing, a set-screw bearing upon the rear end of the jaw, and a spring by which the end forward of the cam-shaft is thrown downward, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the rein-holder 3o easing l, of lugs 10 and 12, by which the said esaing may be applied to any suitable part of the wagon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GASPAR SGHOCH. W'itness'es:

JAMES L. NoRRrs, Jos. L. CooMBs. 

